dogwood

dog·wood

noun \ˈdȯg-ˌwu̇d\

Definition of DOGWOOD

: any of various trees and shrubs (genus Cornus of the family Cornaceae, the dogwood family) with clusters of small flowers and often large white, pink, or red involucral bracts

Examples of DOGWOOD

1. The furniture is made of dogwood.

First Known Use of DOGWOOD

1617

Rhymes with DOGWOOD

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dog·wood

noun \ˈdȯ-ˌgwu̇d\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of DOGWOOD

: any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus

dogwood

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Flowers of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)—J.C. Allen and Son

Shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants of the genus Cornus, in the dogwood family (Cornaceae), found in temperate and warm temperate zones and on tropical mountains. The family is noted for its woody ornamental species native to both coasts of North America and to eastern Asia and Europe. Some members, such as the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), are chiefly ornamental; the European cornelian cherry (C. mas), also an ornamental, has edible fruit; others yield wood for furniture. In the flowering dogwoods, flowers are small; the conspicuously expanded structures are coloured bracts that surround the cluster of true flowers.